Aroldis Chapman Cannot Be Contained

The earliest cave etchings teach us that the protective backstop netting is there to prevent fans from being ritually abused by the wayward cowhide. While this ancient practice is perfectly adequate for most mortal tossers, its shortcomings have been exposed by Aroldis Chapman and his weapons-grade left arm …

I’m no science-face, but clearly the netting at Wrigley needs extra polymer sauce when Mr. Chapman is on the bump. One does not simply walk into Mordor, just as one does not separate the people from Aroldis Chapman with anything less than a web of battleship chains.

(Errant fastball: HBT)